Little OT but engine related

Posted by IaGary on March 16, 2012 at 04:31:35 from (108.160.229.48):

Friend of mine runs a used car sales/service center.

I was there yesterday and they were tearing down an engine that the timing belt broke on. When the belt broke going 70 MPH it caused damage in number 3 and 5 cylinders.Pretty good 6 year old car with 80,000 miles on it.

Why would any company build a engine where there would be interference with the valves and pistons when the belt breaks?

They know that belt isn"t going to last forever.

Stupidest thing I"ve heard of. And several engines are built this way.

Gary

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• Re: Little OT but engine related Don-Wi 19:51:47 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related Eric in IL 16:23:26 03/16/12 (3)
  • Re: Little OT but engine related LJD 17:16:45 03/16/12 (2)
    • Re: Little OT but engine related RodInNS 04:36:21 03/17/12 (0)
    • Re: Little OT but engine related Eric in IL 17:49:34 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related dhermesc 12:08:31 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related wisbaker 10:45:35 03/16/12 (1)
  • Re: Little OT but engine related Mike (WA) 11:39:25 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related Bill(Wis) 10:45:34 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related Mike M 10:14:40 03/16/12 (3)
  • Re: Little OT but engine related Dave in GA 11:01:38 03/16/12 (0)
  • Re: Little OT but engine related Buickanddeere 10:56:48 03/16/12 (1)
    • correction buickanddeere 15:41:10 03/16/12 (0)
• Was belt inspected according to maintenance specs? LJD 09:24:21 03/16/12 (1)
  • Re: Woops - some wierd copy/paste glitch LJD 09:29:12 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related Mike (WA) 08:37:31 03/16/12 (1)
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• Re: Little OT but engine related dgasper 08:11:04 03/16/12 (1)
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• Re: Little OT but engine related El Toro 06:48:10 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related Goose 06:35:16 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related RodInNS 06:23:44 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related Dean 06:20:00 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related MichiganMH 06:11:27 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related mjbrown 06:09:49 03/16/12 (0)
• Re: Little OT but engine related farmer boy 05:19:21 03/16/12 (1)
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• Re: Little OT but engine related Dave in GA 05:10:16 03/16/12 (5)
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• Re: Little OT but engine related robgIN 04:39:55 03/16/12 (3)
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    • Re: Little OT but engine related KF 09:54:02 03/16/12 (0)
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